GRAY DAY

Well...I was hoping it wouldn't rain today...but it did. So, I took advantage of the gray clouds. I shot some dreary sky scenes to see how they would come out. The shy was pretty boring so I enhanced it!



I pulled into an area of the park I haven't visited in a few weekd to see how the leaves were changing. I took this from my driver's window of my car. I'll be stopping here again soon.



I thought it would be funny to capture some of my roadside stops...I always talk about how I pull over when I see something I want to capture so today I snapped this:

Chasing Rainbows!

Driving home today I spotted what looked like a piece of a rainbow in the sky as I was coming off the highway (and of course I decided not to bring my Nikon with me to work today).

I couldn't wait to get to my favorite open field to try to capture it (even though I only had my little Canon Powershot with me...but it does a good job). I was afraid that by the time I got off the exit ramp it would be gone!

Unfortunately the rainbow didn't come out in the photo as I saw it with my eyes but a lot of time that is the case with these types of things.... The rainbow formation is to the left in this shot:



Even though I couldn't capture the rainbow as I saw it you COULD NOT BEAT THIS SKY!

"Hi my name is Jen and I'm a sky and cloud addict"



Since there was such a great sky I stopped at one of my common photo spots along the canal and took this shot. I love the darkness of the trees, the shine of the water and the beauty of the sky.



The next thre from along my ride how is where I got a little crazy. I loved the The next three from along my ride home is where I pulled over for a 3rd time on the side of the road to get these shots. I just keep thinking that people must think I'm nuts when they see me standing next to my car on the side the road....but you know what? I don't care! LOL!!

The 9/11 sky....

Today it rained terribly all day but when I left work it wasn't raining and the sun was actually trying to break through the clouds to shine some sun on this sad day.

I thought it looked beautiful over the farms I pass on my way home so I stopped my car and got out to capture it on my point & shoot Canon.

Marveling Over the Sky

Last night I was marveling about the moon and today I'm marveling over the sky...I'm drawn to the sky when there are amazing clouds like this.

When I see skies like this I start to grow impatient for the work day to end so that I can get out and capture it.

Yesterday was an awesome sky and today was even better!

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I made my 1st photo sale!

Thanks to my friend Gordon, who I work with, I made my first official photo sale of the photo below:

The photo was taken the day after the N'oreaster we had in New Jersey back on April 15th. 2007. I stopped to capture this scene while I was driving around to check out the aftermath of the flooding in my area.

I pass this farm everyday on my way home from work but the road is so tight that there is no way to pull over to take the photo unless I wanted to pull right into the farmer's driveway and I wasn't going to do that!! LOL!

So, because the road in front of the farmer's house was flooded (and I couldn't drive any further) it was the perfect opportunity to shoot the flood but then turn around and take a photo of his farm and his barn, which is another shot I also love (below).

While I was driving that day I also stumbled upon the scene below. The person got out okay but I can't say the same for their car!

Anyway, back to the original subject.....so, I sold the farm scene photograph at 18 inches wide adhered to a black backing board. It's a "large format" print so the printing and application to the special backing board was done at my sister's graphics shop. She uses the same large machine that prints the graphics for vehicles/signs, etc that prints on huge rolls of vinyl. So people can get their photos as large as a bus (no kidding!!) or as small as an 8x10. We're going to try to get more business based on large format printing (besides me trying to sell regular prints). (her website http://www.cranburycustom.com/).

I guess you can say this is my 3rd "sale" (but I'm using "sale" very losely)...My mom was the first person (besides myself) to have one of my photos blown up into a large format print and my grandfather had the same photo blown up (but not as bis as moms). This is how mom's photo of the Manhattan Bridge & the Brooklyn Bridge (where she's from) looks in her office:

My sister will be at the National Night Out in Hightstown, New Jersey tomorrow selling graphics/decals, etc so if you're in the area - stop on by and pick something up!! She'll be featuring the sale of large format photography printing featuring our photographs.

Maybe I'll make another sale somehow!

Below is the flyer she'll be sharing at the event. If you know anyonw who is interested in Large format digital prints of their own photos or any photos featured on my website http://www.jenweaverphotography/ call Cranbury Custom Vehicle Lettering & Graphics at 609-587-6444: